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SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2023
Macron says 'naive' to say China handled coronavirus epidemic better than West: FT

Coronavirus chronicle

Reuters
17 April, 2020, 04:25 pm
Last modified: 17 April, 2020, 04:28 pm

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Macron says 'naive' to say China handled coronavirus epidemic better than West: FT

“Given these differences, the choices made and what China is today, which I respect, let’s not be so naive as to say it’s been much better at handling this”

Reuters
17 April, 2020, 04:25 pm
Last modified: 17 April, 2020, 04:28 pm
FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron attends a videoconference with French virologist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi (unseen) on ongoing efforts to accelerate the development and access to vaccine and treatment against the coronavirus, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 16 2020. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron attends a videoconference with French virologist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi (unseen) on ongoing efforts to accelerate the development and access to vaccine and treatment against the coronavirus, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 16 2020. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS

French President Emmanuel Macron rejected the idea that China had handled the coronavirus outbreak better than Western democracies in an interview published in Friday's Financial Times.

The FT quoted him as saying that there was no comparison between countries where information flowed freely and citizens could criticise their governments and those where the truth was suppressed.

"Given these differences, the choices made and what China is today, which I respect, let's not be so naive as to say it's been much better at handling this," Macron told the FT. "We don't know. There are clearly things that have happened that we don't know about."

Frictions between China and France came to light earlier this week when the Chinese ambassador was summoned by the foreign minister after his embassy posted on its website what French lawmakers called "fake news".

French President Emmanuel Macron

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